1:3 Blessed ¹  is ²  the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed ³  us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ. 1:4 For ⁴  he chose us in Christ ⁵  before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished ⁶  in his sight ⁷  in love. ⁸